Basketball Back on the Road at Purdue - Southeast Missouri State University Athletics

Game 3

Southeast Missouri (0-2) at Purdue (2-0)

Game Information
Date: November 10^th, 2026
Time: 6 PM (7 PM EST)
Location: West Lafayette, Ind.
Venue: Mackey Arena
Series: Purdue leads 2-0

Head Coaches
SEMO: Briley Palmer (97-84 Overall, 20-44 at SEMO; Third Season)
PU: Katie Gearlds (74-81 record at Purdue | Sixth Season)

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The Southeast Missouri women's basketball team hits the road to face its first power-conference team of the season at Purdue University, Tuesday at 6 PM in Mackey Arena.

Series History
SEMO and Purdue have met twice in the past and the Redhawks have dropped both. In 2023, the Boilermakers won 83-57 and the first meeting between the two teams was back in 2007 where Purdue downed SEMO 51-41.
Newland's Scoring Surge
Zoe Newland in her second game as a Redhawk scored 23 points which was a game high. She went 9-for-14 from the field and 4-for-5 from three.

Over the first two games she is averaging 15.5 points per game on 13-for-17 shooting from the field. Her 13 field goals sit 60th in the nation and fourth in the OVC, just two behind the leaders.

New Starters
Three Redhawks started against Miami (Ohio) that came off the bench in the opening game of the season. Zoe Newland, Faye Williams and Jolie Bonderer joined Dacarra Ward and Carrington Jones to open the game against the RedHawks.

Carrington Jones reached double figures scoring 10 points on 3-of-5 shooting. She also added two steals in her 31 minutes. Newland led the game with 23 points in 29 minutes. Bonderer also played 29 minutes in her first division I start and scored three points and added six rebounds and two steals. Williams scored three points on 1-of-3 shooting in her first start as a true freshman.

Turn Them Over
The Redhawks won the turnover battle against Miami (Ohio) forcing the RedHawks into 21 turnovers. SEMO snatched eight steals with Jones and Bonderer each getting multiple steals. SEMO also scored 16 points from the turnovers. Four RedHawks had multiple turnovers with Addison Baxter (6) and Julianna Lamendola (5) were the Miami (Ohio) players to give the Redhawks the ball the most.

BIG Games
This will be the first game of the season against a Big Ten school. SEMO will also travel to Illinois Saturday.

These two games will be the fourth and fifth games SEMO has played against Big Ten Conference opponents since the 2023-24 season. In 2025 the Redhawks played at Illinois, in 2023 SEMO played Purdue and Northwestern.

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Players Mentioned

Jolie Bonderer

Carrington Jones

Zoe Newland

Dacarra Ward

Faye Williams

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